I feel that the author makes many very valid points in the article, however its age is an issue. The "recent surveys" are from 2000 and the figures of 75% 7-16 year olds and 38% of adults having used the internet have greatly increased since then. I find that the article is good at explaining previous research, but doesn't bring much new to the table. A lot of the questions the author brings up have perhaps been answered in recent times.
The author states that new media researchers have no "stacks of neatly labelled video tapes on their shelves" and it is hard to track their texts. I disagree with this. Online researching facilities allow you to save your favourite articles to hot-lists or download them to keep, or simply add them to your favourites page. If someone wants to keep track of articles, it's very simple to do. While traditional researchers have books and videos, computer technology allows them to search online libraries for key terms in seconds.
Other than that, I agree with the points the author makes.
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So, is this: Livingstone, S. (2003) "Children's Use of the Internet: Reflections on the Emerging Research Agenda", New Media & Society, Vol. 5 (2), pp. 147-166.?
ReplyDeleteIt's just that you've called everything you've looked at an article.